LONDON — These were supposed to be Tony Parker’s Olympics. He was supposed to be the host, in Paris, his name in lights in the City of Light. Instead, he’s teasingly close to his homeland, leading a splintered French team, knowing these will likely be his only Olympics. But he walked along the Thames Thursday […]
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By Mike Monroe Before even one game of the Spurs’ 2012-13 season is contested, Tim Duncan already has made a significant contribution to the team’s success. By accepting an $11.5 million cut from the $21.15 million salary he earned last season, Duncan enabled the club to re-sign its most coveted free-agent players, add 2009 draftee […]
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After a brief stopover in the United States, Tony Parker returned to Paris bearing the news he’d been hoping for. After consulting with an eye specialist in New York, at the Spurs’ request, the All-Star point guard has been cleared to play with the French national team in the London Olympics later this month. Parker, […]
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Tony Parker has been named to the French national team’s 12-man roster for the Olympics later this month. Whether the Spurs’ All-Star point guard will be cleared to actually take the floor in London has yet to be determined. Parker, who suffered a scratched cornea in his left eye during a nightclub brawl last month […]
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As you are standing around your computer today, Spurs fans, frantically refreshing Twitter and breathlessly awaiting news of what your favorite team is doing in the nascent stages of Free Agency 2012, here is a table you might find handy. It is a look at the Spurs’ major free agency-related related moves since winning their […]
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By Mike Monroe Tony Parker, the Spurs’ All-NBA point guard, will return to the United States from France on July 5 to have his injured left eye examined by a specialist in New York. Parker’s participation in this summer’s Olympic basketball tournament in London will remain in question until the team clears him to play. […]
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NEW YORK — Spurs guard Tony Parker is suing a New York City club and its operators for $20 million over a scratched cornea he says he suffered during a fight involving singer Chris Brown and members of hip-hop star Drake’s entourage. The suit was filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Thursday. It […]
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Backup Spurs point guard Patty Mills told an Australian web site he is considering opting out of the second year of his contract with the Spurs and testing free agency next month. Mills told the Age.com, he wants to make a careful choice before deciding where to play his fourth NBA season. ”I feel like […]
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Staff and wire report NEW YORK — Police have shut down a New York City nightclub where singer Chris Brown and rapper Drake’s entourage got into a bottle-throwing brawl. A New York Police Department spokeswoman says the club W.i.P, on Vandam Street in the city’s SoHo neighborhood, was closed Saturday night because of code violations. […]
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